CLCS 280: CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN THE AGE OF PERICLES

GREEK HISTORY IN THE 6TH AND 5TH CENTURIES B.C.

Tues-Thurs. 1:30-2:45; Knoy Hall 276; FALL 2013

REVISED 10/3

Prof. Nicholas K. Rauh

FLL/SC 211

OFFICE HOURS: TUES. 3:00-4:00 PM, THURS. 9:00-10:00 AM; and by appt.

Phone: 496-6079

email: rauhn@purdue.edu

ASSIGNED TEXTS:

S. Pomeroy, Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History, 3rd, Dec 2011, $56.95, 978 0 19 984604 7, available at Von’s Bookstore

The following are available on line:

Sophocles, The Oedipus Trilogy

Herodotus, The Histories

Thucydides, The Peloponnesian Wars

Aristophanes, Lysistrata/The Acharnians/The Clouds

Plutarch, Nine Greek Lives,(Theseus, Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, Alcibiades, Lysander)

Plato, The Last Days of Socrates (Apology, Crito, Phaedo)

Every student must have a survey textbook of Greek History. If you do not wish to buy Pomeroy, you must check out a textbook from the library by TUESDAY SEPT.3. The professor will record which textbook you have chosen at that time.

COURSE OBJECTIVE: to explore interrelationships between the emergence of Greek democracy and the development of Athens in the fifth century B.C. More broadly, the course will survey the history of the Greek world from the Late Bronze Age to 362 B.C. It will also provide a general introduction to the archaeological remains of the period. This course has been identified by the School of Liberal Arts as a "writing-intensive" course. Paper-writing stands as its major component. In addition to FIVE in-class essay-writing exercises, every student will write a short paper (5-10 pages) on some aspect of ancient Greek history or archaeology. The primary object of this course is to encourage the student to pursue independent research on a topic of his or her choice. The content of the course allows for a broad range, divided into three general historical tracks: 1) political, military, and economic history; 2) religious, social, and intellectual history; 3) art history and archaeology.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: READINGS in required, assigned, optional, and reserve readings, 100-200 pages per week; independent research.

IN-CLASS ESSAYS (50%)-- Essentially every other Thursday, beginning in week two, an essay will be assigned to be written in class. The topic of the essay will cover the materials covered in immediately preceding classes, but otherwise there will be no advanced warning. Six essays will be assigned. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO WRITE 5 OF THE 6 ESSAYS. No make-ups will be allowed. The purpose of this exercise is to focus on writing skills and to stimulate further discussion of the matter in question.

MIDTERM EXAM – FORMAT TO BE DETERMINED (20%)

FINAL PAPER (2 assignments = 30%): one 5-10 page paper based upon primary source literature and supported by readings from at least TWO secondary works. While the instructor will provide a set of research topics, students will be encouraged to propose their own topics. PAPER ASSIGNMENTS AND DUE DATES (3): 1) Paper Topic With Bibliography will be DUE Nov 1 (5% of grade); 2) FINAL PAPER DUE MON. DEC. 9--25% OF FINAL GRADE.

SINCE CLASS DISCUSSION IS AN ESSENTIAL FEATURE OF THIS COURSE,ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED. Anyone wishing to make up an in-class essay must address the same question as a formal paper, complete with primary source citations, page references, and bibliography. General format requires an elaboration of the essay question into 3-5 page format. The paper is due by the end of the week following the week in which the essay was conducted in class. NO PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THAT DATE. Otherwise, 5 absences = 5% deduction from final grade, and so on.

GRADE DISTRIBUTION: (5) Essays, 50%; Midterm Exam 20%; Bibliography 5%; Research Paper 25%; THERE WILL BE NO FINAL EXAM.

CURRENT SCHEDULE OF DEADLINES: MIDTERM EXAM TUESDAY OCTOBER 29; BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PAPER TOPIC DUE FRIDAY Nov. 1; Final PAPERS DUE: MONDAY, DEC. 9, 5:00 PM

CLCS 481 COURSE SCHEDULE:

Weeks One and Two (Aug. 20-29): THE GREEK BRONZE AGE; INTRO. TO ANCIENT RELIGION. Readings: Plut. Life of Theseus; Pomeroy, Ancient Greece.chapters 1-2 early Greece and the bronze age, the dark age of Greece and renaissance

Weeks Three and Four (Sept. 3-12): POLIS and TYRANNY in the ARCHAIC AGE, Part I: DARK AGE MIGRATIONS; LAND HUNGER, COLONIZATION, HOPLITE WARFARE, TYRANNY. Readings: Herodotus, 1-112, 220-229; 364-5, 375-7, 399-400, 433-5. Pomeroy, Ancient Greece. Chapter 2 Archaic Greece

Weeks Five and Six (Sept. 17-26) POLIS and TYRANNY in the ARCHAIC AGE, Part II: Politic Developments in Sparta and Athens; Cultural Developments under the Peisistratids.Readings: Plut. Life of Solon; Begin Herodotus, Books Five through Eight (340-575); Pomeroy, Ancient Greece. Chapters 4-5, Sparta; growth of Athens and Persian wars

HERODOTUS, HISTORIES, TYRANTS REFERENCES (ANCIENT BOOK AND CHAPTER CITATIONS): CYPSELUS OF CORINTH: 1.14; 20-24; 3.48-49; 5.92; 6.35-6;PERIANDER OF CORINTH: 1.14; 3.48-53; 5.92; CLEISTHENES OF SICYON: 5.66-70; 6.126-131; POLYCRATES OF SAMOS: 2.182; 3.39-59; 3.120-132; PEISISTRATUS OFATHENS: 1.59-65; 5.93-7; 6.35-40, 103, 120-126.

Weeks Seven and Eight (OCT 1-10): POLITICAL TRANSITIONS OF THE PERSIAN WAR GENERATION; Persian Wars; Delian League, Empire and Radical Democracy in Athens. Required: Finish Herodotus (including Book 9); Plut. Lives of Themistocles, Aristides, and Cimon; Thucydides, Book 1; Pomeroy, Ancient Greece.chapters 6-7, rivalries of greek city states; Greece on eve of Peloponnesian war

Essay Three will occur Week Nine (Oct. 15 or 17)

Weeks Nine and Ten (Oct. 15-24): ATHENS In The AGE Of PERICLES; social, cultural, intellectual, and artistic developments. Gender Relations and Greek Sexuality. Required: Aristophanes, The Acharnians; Lysistrata; Plut. Life of Pericles; Sophocles, The Oedipus Trilogy. 352;

MIDTERM EXAM TUESDAY OCTOBER 29

Weeks Eleven and Twelve (Oct. 29-NOV 7): The PELOPONNESIAN WAR and DECLINE of GREECE. Plut. Lives of Alcibiades, Nicias, Lysander). Thucydides, Book 2, chapter 7 (description of the plague in Athens); Book 4, chapter 12 (the Pylos Campaign); Pomeroy, Ancient Greece; chapters 8, Peloponnesian war;

Essay Four will occur Week Twelve (Nov. 5 or 7)

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PAPER TOPIC—FRIDAY Nov. 1, SLIDE UNDER RAUH’S OFFICE DOOR (STANLEY COULTER 211)

Week THIRTEEN (Nov. 12-14) CHANGING CLIMATE OF THE FOURTH CENTURY B.C., POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS.

Readings: Plutarch, Life of Lysander; Pomeroy, Ancient Greece, chapter 9-10, the crisis of the polis and the age of shifting hegemonies; skim chapter 10 on Philip II of Macedonia

WEEK FOURTEEN and Fifteen (Nov. 19-26) CHANGING CLIMATE OF THE FOURTH CENTURY B.C., PHILOSOPHICAL DEVELOPMENTS.

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, New Comedy. Readings: Plato, The Last Days of Socrates: Apology and Crito, 45-96; Aristophanes, The Clouds. Pomeroy, Ancient Greece, chapters 11-12,skim chapter 11 on alexander the great; the new world of the Hellenistic period (look at cultural sections)

Essay Five will occur Week Fourteen (Nov. 24-26)

WEEK FIFTEEN (Dec. 3-5), HONORS PRESENTATIONS; PAPER WRITING CONSULTATIONS (RAUH WILL HOLD EXTENDED OFFICE HOURS DURING CLASS DAYS)

Essay Six will be assigned Week fifteen (Due Dec. 6, Friday, 5PM)

PAPERS DUE: MONDAY, DEC. 9, 5:00 PM

NO FINAL EXAM